[at-l] FYI Bear Attacks

[RoksnRoots@aol.com (RoksnRoots@aol.com)]

In a message dated 5/7/01 10:06:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kahley7@ptd.net 
writes:

<< I saw a program on the tube a couple weeks ago that contained the profound 
statement:
 It's not surprising that bears attack people, it's surprising that so few 
bears attack people. >>

      The required ranger lecture at Denali told me that bears are creatures 
of habit that don't like anything strange in their feeding environment. 
Humans are strange so they tend to steer clear. They are also very smart and 
probably remember being hunted. My guess would be that the boys were scented 
with similar food smells that the bear had been encountering at the poorly 
kept sites. I also have a theory (probably unprovable) that bears are just 
getting sick and tired of human competition.